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phightingaus · 6 days ago

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Fantasy au I choose you!

This takes place in a medieval setting with magic n stuff. Just so you know

Captain Rocket (nicknamed Seagull) - a very sneaky and really cocky pirate sailing the seas of the Inpherno. Lost an arm and a leg after getting promptly chased out of Playground for stealing a sacred artifact from Windforce, now has a hook and a peg as replacements. Gathered a crew consisting of his adoptive father, what looks like some sorta demon and a demideity, but eventually lost his ship, his father retired and the demon healer vanished to figure out his own story. Long out of his glory days and travelling with a team of misfits to try and rebalance the Inpherno(he's only here for the money and the funny)

Sunburst Sword, Son of Venomshank - secluded demideity who lived most of his life on the heights of the SFOTH, training with his father. After turning 20, he was set free to explore the word and make a name for himself, write his ballade of glory and cascade. He was stuck with a Captain, who tricked him to join his quite small crew(similar to a pesky fey) until recently, when he is now stuck with an even more absurd group, though for a reason, finding his uncle. Pretty serious a lot of the time, but becomes caring and somewhat soft when loosened up, like a controlled, warm campfire keeping you safe, hopeful and alive.

Egobworder, rarely reffered to by his birth name: Skateboard - assassin and messenger of Windforce. Respected paladin in Playground using the magic given by his patron to glide through the air on his gear disguised as a spear. Has delivered messages to other factions and kingdoms for a long time ever since he was 16, traveling through the harshest of storms and terrains. Though, with the recent disappearance of sir Firebrand, he was tasked on the behalf of his patron to find him, being given complete freedom as long as the deity is retrieved. Secretive and pretty laid-back, has a lot of contacts because he's been in so many places.

"Eggsquerade", aka Boombox - known bard travelling through taverns and palaces to perform and share his passion for music. A lot of his songs have deeper meaning hidden beneath the joyful, loud surface. Has also served as a butler, a war musician, a merchant, and every other job you could think of he's got a wild story with it. Crawled out of poor regions in Playground and survived off of tips and paychecks for most of his life. Chill and generally doesn't have enemies unless you've done something VILE. Now with a pretty absurd group of people in retrospect, but that's another thing to write a song about! Keeps everyone sane, somewhat hopeful and entertained.

Coil V0.2.0 - a sentient golem of steel, crystals and courage, created by an unknown alchemist, this robot has gained sentience. He was used in gladiator championships for many, many years, before getting rusted and tossed out into the forest to be on his own. Was saved by a paladin and a bard, who he still owes his life to this day. Regular Coil personality, but just. A bit traumatized. Here because his friends are here and because he wants to see the world after being confined to one arena for so long.

Slingshot of the Kercet(another way to write Cursed lol) dynasty - pharaoh of a cursed region in Lost Temple. Has ancestors in Thieve's Den and Playground. He has never seen what the outside world looks like, being a fairly young ruler. 3 generations back, this kingdom was cursed by Firebrand and doomed to death by the scorching sun. The people have found safety and hope beneath the surface of the desert. Wouldn't trade his people for anything, but has left on a crusade with his most trusted bodyguard, advisor and good friend in hopes to gain forgiveness from the deity and free his people from the arid prison they're trapped in. The royal dynasty was also cursed, though the conditions of that are unknown, as he is covered in fabrics and bandages akin to a mummy(they were cursed to burn eternally from the outside in and generally die before reaching 35)

Shuri-Long - Eastern Dragonborn from northern Thieve's Den, born high up on the cliffs and the mountains. Was a mercenary at large over 200 years ago, but was hired by the pharaoh back then and was trapped underground for a long, long time. Has seen generations of people be born and die due to dragonborn having incredibly long lifespans, but has gotten.. incredibly attached to the current pharaoh, since the man has been interested and always wanted to grab the attention of the dragon ever since the former was a child. Generally rude and slightly egoistic, maybe greedy, but just doesn't want to lose something he loves ever again. People are temporary, but objects are near eternal. Has been taken on a crusade by his royal friend and now traveling with a bunch of inphernals. His one wish would be money and for his sister to be freed from her wooden cuffs. And maybe, just maybe, to give years from his lifespan to Slingshot.

Sianach, known a long, long time ago as Medkit - previously an inphernal, tinkering with magic, madness and alchemy with a.. Former friend. Though, was, unfortunately cursed by a trickster deity(Darkheart you stupid dum) to be eternally roaming the earth as a demon, a memory, a reminder of what NOT to do when you encounter a deity. Has been roaming for several centuries now, looking for the one who caused this all, the one who summoned the deity and the one who made him bargain with it, but forgot his name. Js normal Medkit but a little uncanny(and a bit more insane). He's experienced extreme memory loss, so much so he frickin forgot who he even conducted the experiments with(loser)

Subspace, the exorcist - demon in disguise, he's also been cursed by Darkheart, but hides it better, living for hundreds of years amongst inphernals and changing identities and places of living every now and then. Has worked as an exorcist(ironic, right?) and got rid of demons and spirits in people's houses by communicating and maybe bribing them. Conducted alchemy experiments a long time ago, and has created. A thing. He gave that thing to Windforce

Banhammer - a freak of nature created through alchemy, a Frankenstein monster created by Subspace lots of years ago. Practically immortal and was raised by Windforce as a son. He is the one bringing divine judgement and divine justice to inphernals and other magical beings alike. Generally blunt, doesn't know much about his original creator and doesn't want to.

Scythe, The Deathbringer - reaper and mercenary for The Church of The True Eye, bringing death and desolation wherever she goes. A spirit, a manifestation of bloodlust and hatred who rejected her initial creator to gain a body of flesh and bone and to devote her time to the church. She's kinda just possessing this body, it's rotting. Very manipulative, kind of a trickster.

Hyperlaser, saint of the sinners - an angel, a many-eyed saint coming from the Ghostwalker to guide mortals through death. Has been around for a WHILE, and has built stories around himself, became a figment of inphernal folklore. Feeds on souls of mortals, whether it be animals or sentient creatures. A creature quite benevolent, but also vicious to those who try to trick death and escape their eventual, eternal demise.

Katana - I thought it'd be funny if I didn't change his lore. He's still an inphernal(well maybe I'll make him a shapeshifter or something), still a samurai, but now his drinking buddy is this many eyed creature. The first time he saw Hyper he thought he was hallucinating.

Vinestaff - a cursed dragonborn living in the high tops of the mountains in Thieve's Den, spending her days nurturing the garden she has raised up here. It has an array of flowers and plants from all across the Inpherno, and it has harbored thousands of insects and reptiles. The center pond is pure and filled with fish and amphibians. Her garden of wonders sits undisturbed as she spends her last years here, getting slowly paralysed and taken over by a tree, waiting for her brother to come back from his mission, or to at least answer her letters. A letter from Shuri would be enough for her to pass peacefully.

Steampunk - local blacksmith and mechanic, former gladiator taken from his home to fight, hack and slash. Proficient with a wide array of weapons, the most efficient being his gear- the gauntlet. A being of pure fire and molten metal in ironclad armor and a welder mask, the one goal of his life is to create the most glorious weapon of all. When it is created, the fire in him will burn down all the metal in him, and only the greatest sword ever created will be left. His last and greatest creation.

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- star wars anon't

Ohhhh fantasy AUs my beloved

I absolutely love this 👍

#compsognathus-mafia #star wars anon't #mod bivekit🔍#phighting au #phighting!#phighting #au #phighting phantasy au #(get it)

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cypher05 · 23 days ago

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Happy pride month!!!

unfortunately though I fear I'm full of hate...... I'm seeing a lot of people talk about the new music video but I just. I don't see it guys. buckle up this is long woo boy. I'm really interested in like, what the wider view in the fandom is about this stuff? so if you're willing to read my massive block of text i'd love to hear your thoughts on literally anything forever <3

Ok. ok. ok. positives first: I really like what they're doing with both Phoenix and the illusions to Reyna and her sister. While I'm not super invested in Phoenix as a character, I really appreciate them building on him while also showing the like, daily stress being an agent takes on someone / especially one of the younger agents who hasn't really lived beyond PROTOCOL.

The looks into the first light were also super interesting!! It wasn't anything like I expected, and I can't wait for them to elaborate and show us more!!

It's really cool they're finally acting on the setup of Sage's revival abilities. It's been something that's been in the background for awhile, but I'm glad they're finally touching on the consequences of revival x It makes me wonder too if healing has similar (just lesser) consequences on her. Though, admittedly, I think it was a bit heavy handed, especially considering how long we've gone without them actually mentioning how revivals affect her.

now for um. the many many negatives.

Nanobomb was cool, I guess? but i do think it was a. Bold move. to not only show off your queer couple for pride month but to also bury your gays with Killjoy

and like, why were people so emotional? Over one single person dying? This is certainly not Killjoy's first death nor will it be the last. That's just. part of their job. yes it sucks and I'm sure people get emotional, but like, it cant be that serious. I can see why Raze is upset and emotional but like, everyone else is a stretch.

and like what even was that with Killjoy's revival scene? I mentioned above that I thought that Sage's crystallization felt a bit off and like they were doing too much- this was what I was referring to. I've noticed that most animations that RIOT does for Valorant have moved to the more 'symbolic' and I am just. not a fan. I feel like they're also focusing on like, the wrong sides of Valorant, too. The stuff with Phoenix and Reyna are great but I don't feel like death and revival should ever be a main theme in like, anything Valorant does. They've spent so long establishing that death and killing Omega clones are not big deals. It's frustrating to see them make death suddenly so serious? It felt like complete whiplash. Maybe if it was someone else- like Deadlock's cinematic felt impactful. This just felt like drama for the sake of drama.

It just feels so odd for, again, strong themes to be pushed to the background for something that's so short term. They've been doing it with characters- both Tejo and Waylay have never felt like 'people' to me. They've just been there to service the plot and look cool and be good agents. It seems like any good, actually compelling plot points or themes are just shoved to the background (or worse! teased to us!!like Reyna's sister and her entire background have been for years now!!!!!!) in service of extremely short term or even just entirely inconsequential plots like Killjoy's death in this cinematic. It just feels like they've grown so lazy with- everything, really?

Vyse had an incredible build up to her character. Tejo just- dropped. He dropped and then immediately contributed to another new character who then took up the spotlight with similarly disappointing fanfare. That's what this music video did. They had dramatic music and a seemingly emotional scene with death and characters being sad while genuinely interesting plots are shoved to the side over and over and over again.

It's like people have just forgotten the original cinematics that we got. The actual lore that we used to receive with updates. It's part of what pisses me off with this whole year- the fact we don't have episodes. It's not like they have to worry about pushing out a new cinematic with every episode when there's just- no episodes to worry about. Instead, they can feed us extremely thin lore through music videos or act trailers that have about as much substance as like, a single leaf of lettuce. I get why I don't see much complaint on places like the Valorant youtube channel- but it really disappoints me that I don't see anything on Tumblr like ever about RIOT's recent disappointment. The only thing it seems like RIOT focuses on is spectacle. They make a pretty animation with good music and call it a day.

Last complaint, I think the art style is a major flop for me. I really like arcane's art style but it does NOT work for Valorant. Like, at all. There are some characters that look pretty decent in it but others are like, genuinely terrible. I cannot believe what they've done to Brimstone. Like straight up. He is borderline unrecognizable. There was literally no need to change Valorant's pre-existing art style done for the cinematics. It just feels like a cheap imitation. That's all it ever feels like now. Valorant has just been in a constant decline. Sure, there's highlights here and there, but it's nothing like what it used to be when I first got into it. and that fucking sucks!!!!! everytime theres something new in valorant it just feels so hollow. I guess that's why fandom exists in the first place? but it's so depressing to just. watch the thing i've based like my whole personality on for like a year deteriorate so fast.

#valorant #valorant lore

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arkiwii · 2 years ago

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ME WHEN I'M FINALLY DONE WITH MY ARKNIGHTS OC

my god it took too long for literally just a fullbody. usually i do them so fast but i guess here i was lazy. anyway information and stuff and story and whatever below!!

Real name Fortuna, code name Kochosen, is a Liberi (azure-winged magpie) born in Laterano. She had been growing up and thriving to become a doctor. However, after contracting Oripathy in an accident, she has been forced to leave Laterano. Surviving in the wastelands on her own, she discovered her Originium Arts, to manipulate water, which greatly helped her in her journey. She finally joined Yan, where she was able to find some help for her cause, then later, joined Higashi, after helping a whole village from a Catastrophe.

She later accepted to help Rhodes Island as a Medic operator, precisely an Incantation Medic.

Fortuna is what can be said a bad omen... And also a good omen. Back in Laterano, due to her clumsiness, she quickly won the reputation of bringing bad luck around. Her Infection is what truly made her the nemesis of the Leterans, and due to the rules in the city, has been seen as an occasion to get rid of a bad luck bringer. This convinced her that she was indeed one who only cause suffering around, bringing her morale and self confidence to the lowest as she barely managed to survive in the wilderness.

However, when she arrived in Higashi, after catching the first signs of an incoming Catastrophe and having alerted the nearby village, she has been seen as a savior and a good omen. Her help and contribution to the village as a doctor also contribued to this good reputation, and the villagers quickly started to appreciate her presence. After this event, and seeing that her powers and own hands were able to save lives and not hurt them, she questioned herself.

But she doesn't remain less clumsy. It seems all the worst happen to her, like a bad luck magnet. But it seems like it happens to her and only her, and nobody around, quite the opposite even - people around her seem to live rather fortunate events. Maybe by attracting the bad luck to her, the other persons around are left with only good luck...

It's because of her clumsiness that her body is rather... In a bad state. Under the layers of clothes she wears is a wounded, bandaged body, covered in minor scars, bruises, and of Originum crystals. She seems to be used to this however, her only complains are about how her sleep is uncomfortable.

Despite her serious and calm personality, she's not one to be on the smarter side. She still struggles a lot with Yanese for example, and the culture of Higashi. After all, as a Lateran, she finds the food of Higashi "dull", and would much prefer their sweetest snacks instead.

As well, it seems that her Oripathy has caused kleptomania, as she was often caught taking on objects of her interest for no other reason that she felt the urge to take them.

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i love birds, i love magpies, i love arknights, boom

here she is

The main ideas for her design and story is... Well, about how Magpies are absolutely dual?? in occidental cultures, they are seen as bringer of death, bad luck, nasty, quite like crows. but in oriental cultures, it's the total opposite, they're seen as a symbol of luck, of love, of balance and such! that's why i wanted to make her being so contradictory. she seems serious but is dumb. she came laterano where she was seen as bad luck, she moved to higashi where she is seen as good luck. her outfit is quite literally a mix of lateran and higashi culture

as for water arts, it's a reference to how luck and fate are like a river, but also to how water arts are both very dangerous and benefic, and also it's a reference to the magpie bridge in chinese culture

anyway, she tries her best, and that she's clumsy and a bit strange doesn't change that she has a very kind heart

#arknights #stalkiwiart #stalkiwi oc #i like bimrbds

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lunartearrose · 9 months ago

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may you yap..about your..doublevin.. ⁉️

Yippeeee i get to speaketh!!!!!! Hold onto your but this will be a bit long!!!!

OK SO back when they meet like first first met pre rank king. Vintage got his teammates by beating the ink out of them at rank mode! Double didnt think a shrimp and his sister could beat him and honestly had a sort of rider mindset that he could be the only good at rank guy on the team to make things work and like. Bet his whole position as leader of his own team for the fight against vintage. We can even go yugioh villain mode and say he used to like to be an edgelord and break people's main weapons if he won bets against them

Of course double gets his shit absolutely wrecked in a 1v1 and got absorbed into the xblood team. At the point vintage is a power hungry and scorned by skull sort of jerkass so it's not the most comfortable settling. Despite this, he felt because he was so awesome he should get to have times where he could fight alongside his old teammates for non-serious matters

But BECAUSE he sort of surrounded himself with other rude fucks they only humored him so they could mock how hard he fell from grace and be told how little respect they had for him in the first place. Vintage had stopped by to remind double about practice in person while this went on (he forgot to trade numbers) annnd he overheard the bullying and saw double get smacked and grabbed and stuff.

Because he's still very fresh in his own pain at this point he decides to jump these fucks and fistfight them for fucking with his teammate. He's big mad and the old team stands no chance against the both of them so they dip. He helps Double up who is a little shocked Vintage had a caring (???) Side to him and ofc edgelord king just says fuck you i just wanted to beat those hoes not help you now buy me ramen. And i mean - vin did save him so he does

They go through this stage of like half bitching at each other and half respecting one another for a while, especially before blue team but post blue team they start definitely settling into a sort of friendship which is nice! In my mind goggles grew out of pantsing after the first incident with rider (and even then it was a tripping accident but this aint abt him) so while vintage and double were having that heart to heart on stage it was more embarassing clownery than embarassing pantsy

Annnd the more they spend leisure time together the more they start. To notice. Things about one another.

Double jokes to himself about vintage being so warm because he always eats spicy food. He's nice to be close to and he gets shivers easily despite his warmth and oh the little tipped up ends of his bowlcut. Are those trying to be horns? Its cute! They're almost more cat ears than horns!

Vintage will find himself staring for longer and longer at double,slowly getting comfortable and normal brained about it and then- oh my god. Just under his jacket - is that… a tail??? A little puffy sea bunny tail?

He tries to not be weird about it but also as double paces and rants about some jerk shoving him its like. How did he not notice it? Is it soft??? Are the bigger spikes on his spikey hair nudibranch feelers shaped into horns for the team aesthetic? He also definitely notices double talking in less tense tones with him compared to others now and its. Soothing almost.

He almost touches the tail before like smacks himself and catches double's attention doing that.

“You good?”

“No. But you can keep talking”

and just eventually does he ask after figuring out how to and yeah double is half nudibranch because inkfish dna due to liquid crystal bullshit from 2000 years ago is adaptive shit

They develop in this space of good friends and though they mutually like each other SO SO FUCKING BAD vintage is surpressing it because hes afraid of fucking up and Double is like visibly attempting to be romantic and vintage is unfortunately dense because he is trying so hard to give friendefit of the doubt

Things with vintage in agent business heat up in years after the grand festival. They get a lot of reports of illegal modified weapons being used by distinct people, some of them even using them to cause harm outside of turf war. Shit like 30 round in one shot stringers, snipers that have shots that can round bends to hit their targets. It's dangerous stuff being used in both inkfish territories and Vintage is in the market of protecting his city and friends.

Essentially? He does get in an altercation with a modder. He took down a guy with a roller that is not only heavy but burn damaging, and it bashed him hard in the lower back while he was chasing him down as the other agents dealt with putting out the arson.

He did NOT learn from his younger days of seeing rider over exert himself and almost die when he was still a purple teamer and he let the injury fester. The incident and his putting off of getting checked out left him with lifelong damages and the need for limits on everything he does, and it sort of collapsed both his careers for a long while due to how limited he was now. It was either do the fucking PT or lose full use of legs and more and vin didn't want that. Whatever counts as a spine for inkfish in his body is shot! Bad as fuck!

As it turns out though, Double and his other teammates supported vin well through this low. Even when vintage sort of berated himself about how dumb he was for not getting help and that double should probably take over and get a replacement so they didn't stagnate like him, double refused because Vin is his leader, always, and he's done on serious battles because of that he doesn't care. He. He really means it.

It doesn't make everything magically better when they do finally kiss and get together, but it helps! And vin gets two surprises with years between them

1. Double blindfolds and drives him somewhere and when he does get to open his eyes BOOM ITS THE FUCKING TACTICAL WHEEELCHAIR WITH A SPLATTLING EXTENSION AND ALL THE WORKS ITS FIRE AND VINTAGE FUCKING CRIES (HAPPILY) (EVERY ONE OF HIS FRIENDS AND AGENT COWORKERS SAVED UP FOR THIS FOR HIM)

2. this little 14 y/o octoling covered in burn scars on one side of their approaches him and asked to be trained in combat. Eventually vintage learns this is one of the people he helped to save in the incident that crippled him and this little mimic admires him like crazy and struggles in ways he does and. Oh why tears again???

anyways as life settles down between his husband who still loves carrying him despite tactical wheelchair freedom and his ability to walk a liiitttle bit and this youngin that kinda is like adopted by him a bit begrudgingly. And like. Hes feeling purpose and feeling loved and also he and double absolutely do a shop that's piercings and tattoos. People get scared when he comes at them to do their hoops and stuff but they're paying him to injure them and its great 👍 he's good at it

And for sure because he and double are gay like that they have a tattoo that goes together. Something something metaphorical attached at the hip with a sewn looking x design and he and his teammates collectively have matching xblood team tattoos

Anyways thank you for allowing my ranting!!!! These gay fucks lift each other up!!!!! He's never fucking being an agent again and he fucking loves it. Many nights of warm embraces and disabled gay loverness. Double loves his boyfriend so fucking much and he cuddles vin and you can see his stupid little tail wag its great

EDIT: forgot to specify that vintage worked his way up to being a part-time wheelchair user so he can walk around his house and short distances but the pain ebbs and flows so somedays he will need chair and other days its a preventative measure for his wahoo world trips with double :3

#coroika #headcanon #doublevin #vindouble #vintage coroika #double egg coroika #vintage x double egg #headcanons #disabled headcanon #inkling

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imnotgoinganywhereok · 20 days ago

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Poland nation, how we feelin? 💀 I got better after a week but got my parents sick, this is horrible. And they were already going through some stuff lately, all of that just SUCKS ASS!! We're healing but I'm just worried about them. They're my parents, after all. We're throwing a little BBQ party tomorrow, it's gonna be grand!! <3

Hesper gets to be a normal child; chores, hobbies, active time spent with his dad. He's doing well in school as well; now that he gets to attend it again. Lately, he started collecting metals and crystals and stuff around the neighbourhood. At first it wasn't serious but then Erwin sent some of doubled goods to the Geo Council to have them broken down into elements. Hesper loved the idea!! He got so fixated on his new pastime, soon he got a whole bunch of new additions to his collection!! Only one more to go. Erwin's so proud.

Juno also actively spends more time with Erwin. Little geek that he is, he really wanted to attend Geek Con. How could Juno say no to that face? Especially after everything they had gone through, seperately and together. Erwin got to play newest games and buy cool merch, Juno got a few more intimate moments with him. At the end of the day, a supper in love-themed restaurant was in order. The day passed and their time at the festival was splendid. With stomachs full of magnificent food and minds full of astonishing experiences, it was time to pay and go home.

However, when the bill was paid and they were slowly leaving, Erwin started feeling a bit off. Was it the food? The overstimulation? No, he knows that feeling, this couldn't be it. A few moments more and it started. The infection. Erwin became a victim of the Mother Plant and they don't even know when it happened!! She truly despises losing. Well, Juno is pissed now too. Time to weed out the bitch. After coming back to Strangerville and curing Erwin, plans were made on how to root out this problem. Oh, they have plans, alright...

#the sims 4 #strangerville #city living #geekcon #erwin pries

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laplumedupetitluma · 21 days ago

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The tears of an Angel part 1

Warning: Mention of blood, hierarchie, marking by burning a symbol to the skin and other stuff i'm not sure how to describe yet

This "story" is like a resumé. It's going to concern directly Soléa and Ange but the others ones are refered to in "general" since they're in the same situation

Anyway! So this is the explanation, the origin of the creation of the girls (and boy) I mean duh that what i say yesterday. But let me continue. It's going to explain also a lot of things, about Soléa and about Ange. There won't be much description or i don't remember if i even put one on those ten pages...I'm not sure. But I prefered in the end to separate everything in 3 parts...for now if i don't keep on hadding stuff. Anyway, the first part is going to be about Soléa, the second about Ange and the third one about how the girls (and Elyos) came to exist. Also i'm staying criptic on some stuff so if you got a theory please I really love to hear them :3 Play the game be nice And I hope for the person finding this. I hope your going to enjoy this ^^ Have a nice day/night and remember this is a shorten version of their stories. Also the guardian Au is mine so please don't copy it TvT I spend years on it, with my tears and sweat working on each characters personalities, background, and so on TvT imagination is pain

Also maybe i'll rewrite this later. I'm not sure yet ^^" and again self consciousness hit before I press the publish button so I'm leaving you with that for now By-bye!

......also yeah ^^" major spoil i guess?

Like all good origins stories I could just start by telling you it was a long long time ago, but I won't.

The story I'm about to tell you is a tragic one. A love story of a girl supposed to serve the gods. But…I think you’re all smart enough to know….she won’t have a happy end anytime soon. Trapped between the lines of time itself, from the egoist decisions of the gods.

So yes, long long ago, only a 100 or so years after the golden three created life on earth, a young girl named after the sun and her role as future priestess of this same astre, was living peacefully ... .But all good things never last long.

Indeed, for those hundred of years, with each new generation the chief first girl born would be chosen to become the protectrice of the triforce; the artifact resting in front of a cliff not far from the village that would be thousand of years later the kingdom of Hyrule.

The artefact was known for a while to attract vile people and anyone could make a wish, reason why for each new priestess were raised inside the village to become as pure as a crystal. But let’s be serious, who would be crazy enough to send a little girl alone to protect such a thing as the triforce? Without any preparation to fight or weapons.

For this generation alas, something was different.

Demise, a god of vile and souverain of many demons had decided that this generation would be the one he would crawl out of the ground and with his army, get his hands on the triforce, one way or another.

The village wasn’t one of fighters, not in a million years.

The gods from the skies were living their lives, Hylia listening to the hundreds of prayers the Hylians were sending her for some kind of miracle, since monsters of all kinds were now running around the lands making more and more victims by the days passing. Knowing it was that underground god's fault, and knowing she couldn’t rival with him in terms of strength, she decided to ask for the only one strong enough to rival Demise itself. The god of War, wrath and moon.

The god had no interest in the Hylians, not one bit. He lived, for the blood of his enemies running down the blade of his swords ... .As Well as others…. “things” being a god and all, he got to interest many women who would gladly spend their time with him if he let them (i’m leaving this as that –”).

So when Hylia came to ask for his help herself, she had to bribe him with something in return if she wanted his help, and it wouldn’t be her little doe eyes that would convince him. After days of negotiation and responding to the Hylians prayers at the same time… The god accepted, but for what price?

On earth our little Soléa, wasn’t just playing the little perfect doll that everyone could move as their please just so she could be the pure priestess of the sun they expect. But time was running against her as she was getting closer to her 18th birthday, the age where each new priestess would after being mark with the goddesses symbol on their back, take their place for a 100 days, before coming back to the village to find themself a husband to prolong the chief/royal lineage.

With all the purification at the different sources around Hyrule (yes the same as SS…Approximately) she was finding all of this sickening. She was supposed to go to the cliff and make a wish to protect everyone and to ban evil, because of what? The goddesses not wanting to deal with Demise themself? She was just a human, a girl, and like many others was sent to the triforce as some kind of guardian for 100 days. With 0 preparations, like surviving skills, or self defense.

She just felt angry about everything and she wasn’t going to keep on playing the little doll, much longer. Getting out of the water to get her dress back, she hears some noises. Sneaking around the forest with her hair still damp, that damn veil on her head making her movements a bit harder she found a man in the forest. Silver almost white hair, a big armor, with black, blue, red and gold clothes. Red and blue markings on his face and a gigantesque double sword. The little priestess knew as she had to learn about the different gods. This was the fierce deity. This is how it all started. If Hylia had to beg and bribe the god to help her save the hylian. That simple little girl, smaller and weaker than him, managed to get the powerful god to come with her with a simple deal and her unwavering determination to save her people. The deal of a life for a life, as she looked at him dead in the eyes.

- I'm Soléa, the chief daughter of the village of Hyrule and priestess of the sun…I need your help.

- Now, why should I listen to some impertinent little hylian girl? I could kill you if i wanted to.

- I have a proposition for you.

But again nothing went the way it was supposed to. The girl was apparently supposed to be the god gift from the answer to their prayers by the goddess Hylia as an exchangeof their help, which they agreed to. After a few months of staying in the village and helping train the villagers for the coming war the god found himself growing fond of that mortal girl.

Soléa wasn’t just a weak girl, she was strong in spirit, agile and wouldn’t back down easely. She had a big personality, courageous for defying him in the first place and a little extreme sometimes. With her honest and sharp mind, the god found himself growing fond of the girl quickly. And so did the girl even if she wouldn’t dare try anything since she knew the goddess Hylia herself was fond of the god of war and wrath.

For anyone worrying about Soléa, the god never touched her, don't worry, from the few times they spent together at the start just talking he grew a sort of respect for her since she’s putting herself in danger for her people even if that means he could kill her at any moment…After a few months she wouldn’t take his bullsh*t anymore and would openly put him back in his place which kinda amused him since she was way smaller than him so yeah for an outside point of view it looked like a big wolf getting scold by a squirrel... i'm just saying.

One day, knowing of her destiny as the priestess of the sun, the god asks the girl of her real wish. If she wasn’t trapped in that destiny of hers…

- My wish? A wish for myself? … I guess I would wish to be as free as a bird, to be able to fly far away from here and explore the world maybe? Would you come with me, Link?

But again, this story doesn't have a happy end for now.

One fatal day when the war had started for days now, Soléa was not even 18 yet, the fierce deity, sword against sword with demise and most of the villagers already on the ground while the women and children had run off to safety. Soléa run toward the cliff, demons and monsters on her tail as she jump off the cliff to touch the triforce an arrow hitting her on the back and come out through her chest as she wished

- More time, I'm begging you. I need more time!

This is how it all started. The war… was won, while Soléa, from the direct contact with the triforce wasn’t the one she was before…the most flagrant detail? A pair of wings on her back. The light has won…But at what price?

It’s not a happy story, remember? In front of the triforce, the god holds the livid body of a girl who wasn’t meant to hold such strong abilities…her wish to fly was granted too in a way… but the light of the god little sun had faded away. The constant glow in her bright blue eyes now gone leaving it's place to emptiness

Divinity shouldn’t be ascent by mortal kind. Had told the goddesses who took the “empty” body with them after a few months. The deity didn’t have a choice in that matter…The most horrible part? The princess would be cast aside from the family history to never be remembered, and to most surprise as they kept it a secret from the god himself; a little girl taking her place as chief daughter.

But was the priestess of the sun really dead?

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END of Part 1 - Part 2

This first part and the ones coming are of course condenced version of the full story of Soléa and Ange and the girls (even if the girls are going to be mention in general and not one by one... Someone have something to say? Well let me tell you at first they were only 5! 5 you hear me?! And then it keep getting bigger and bigger of a mess! I didn't do it on purpose but now i have to handle 14 of them okay? And who know if there's wont be a 15th one soon TvT

#au #tloz au #tloz #tloz oc #original character #the legend of zelda #tloz fanfic #link #link x oc #Fierce deity x oc #fierce deity x reader #tloz guardian au #start of the lore of my au. yes it got some sense i promise

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inu-jiru · 2 years ago

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"Oops" Episode Rambles

I rewatched the episode for the sake of my rewrite post (plus I just wanted to see the final animation, credit where it's due, the show is fun to look at sometimes), and decided to share my thoughts since I haven't done that for an episode in a while:

Ngl, I'm honestly really indifferent towards Fizzmodeus, like I get that it's most people's positive for this episode but I honestly just don't care about it. I think it's because I'm so jaded to the 99% of dialogue that's sex-related to enjoy the sentimental stuff but also because it's just Bee and Vortex again, and it begs the question of why the shit Stolas' situation is so special (aside from him being Vivzie's baby) when the Sins just do whatever and either hide it poorly or don't hide it at all. Who came up with this hierarchy in the first place? Because the more we go on the more it seems like a thing that only Goetians focus on (which Ozzie should be apart of so what the fuck).

Speaking of Ozzie, I don't get why he's so nice, same with Bee. I'm not asking for everyone to be a shithead 24/7 but the concept of Hell's leaders, the ones who've created and are enabling the world of kill-or-be-killed that we've seen, being 100% friendly is just odd to me. Then again, Viv's idea of Hell is a nonstop party where they're all good unlike the EVIL BAD TOTALLY NOT GOOD angels and Adam so it doesn't surprise me. Also his whole thing about "Lust shouldn't be forced". Um? I'd get it if he were talking about LOVE, but Lust is not something I'd ever consider to be consensual in nature, especially not in Hell. That's all I'll say on the matter because it's a very serious topic, but then again, maybe I should consider myself lucky a topic that dark isn't being butchered by Vivzie. All of that said, I do like Ozzie's voice actor, he's really nice-sounding.

I don't understand what the hell happened with Fizz and Blitzo. Who the fuck was going around saying that Blitzo didn't wanna see Fizz and didn't tell Fizz that Blitzo showed up? I have to assume it was maybe Barbie or Cash (assuming Cash didn't also die in the fire). If it was Barbie I'm not entirely sure why. As far as we're aware (unless they retcon it in later) Barbie shouldn't have seen Blitzo knocking into the cake or leaving Fizz, so if she did it because their mom died, I can't see how she would know that. Maybe someone saw Blitzo and passed that on to Barbie, but the fact of the matter is I shouldn't have to Tetris-style guess and insert explanations for the episode. If any episode was going to be a full on backstory, it should've been this one, not The Circus, especially with Unhappy Campers being before this one.

On a positive note, I think those little fly-dog things are so cute in a kinda ugly way. I do think it's kind of a nice small look into Fizz's mind that he'd have one that's wheelchair-bound because he'd relate to it. Ozzie patching up Fizz was nice too, as much as I don't care for the couple, I'm glad that Fizzmodeus at leasts SHOWS the shit that Stolitz doesn't. And speaking of Stolitz, yeah Blitzo keep telling me all these things Stolas TOTALLY does for you yeah I'm sooooooo sure

And, like other people have said, Stolas was totally pointless and useless like always, and what a nice cool guy who totally isn't bad like the other Goetia when he let that lawyer guy get brutally murdered, like yeah I guess it wasn't really his place to help or anything but I don't think having him smirk and say "Get fucked, little one" is doing him any favors. I do have to wonder if they're actually gonna go through with this Crystal shit. I'm not gonna bother guessing anymore because like I said before, the show will throw a biggest, goofiest curveball at you to try and seem less predictable.

And speaking of curveballs, Crimson and Striker. That's it. That's all I gotta say on that subject. I miss Harvest Moon Festival, man. Like I'm no Striker fangirl who buys all the Striker merch and shit but damn he's so pathetic now. Why did Blitzo have to recreate the shit that happened and shoot the barrel when he could've shot Striker in the face while he was talking? Please, I need someone else on the writing team PLEASE

Anyway I think that's it for now.

#helluva boss critical #helluva boss spoilers #jazz rambles #helluva boss criticism

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alpineshift · 1 year ago

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number 1 please!!! Maybe in the ‘the fixer’ verse? (mr motorbike - second in command to his mother’s empire jackie is 🔥)

the concept of powerful/brutal/ruthless/cold!Jack to everyone but his beloved Nico occupies serious real estate in my head. it's ridiculous! for context, here's 'the fixer'.

1. “Okay, maybe I have a crush on you! So what?”

The thing is, life with Jack by his side has always meant that Nico has someone he can lean on, someone he could always turn to, and, on occasions, someone who just...makes all the bad stuff go away. It doesn't matter who. It doesn't matter what. Somehow, Jack just. Fixes things.

In the past, Nico may have felt uneasy about it. There's an uncomfortable passing thought that he's taking advantage of Jack's generosity and time somehow, but over the years Jack's made it abundantly clear that he takes care of Nico because he wants to. It's that simple.

But lately, after the whole drama with getting rid of his terrible cheating ex (or lack of drama, considering Jack just made that asshole disappear from Nico's life overnight), Nico's getting a different kind of vibe from his friend.

You know. Clocking the subtle stares, noticing the soft lingering touches, keeping track of the unsubtle doting bestowed upon him, and only him. That kind of vibe.

Nico is ninety-nine-point-nine percent sure Jack likes him. Maybe more than likes him, because Nico's seen the way Jack treats the people he hates, people he tolerates, and the few people he likes. And everything that's happened since he evicted Stefan's poisonous existence from Nico's life transcends a simple like. Actually, Nico's ninety-nine-point-nine-nine percent sure Jack's in love with him at this point.

But Jack has never acted on it. Never hinted at it. Doesn't seem like he's ever going to acknowledge it.

Not that it stops him from pulling all the stops, treating Nico with care and adoration. Everything short of laying him out and kissing him senseless on the bed is fair game apparently.

Like: surprising Nico with dinner reservations at a five-star skyscraper restaurant with Quinn's longstanding MVP credentials. Getting dirt and dust all over himself cleaning out Nico's garage after finding out Stefan had promised for months to do it but never did. Picking Nico up from an interview on his motorcycle, with an extra helmet in Nico's size. An utterly spontaneous trip to the crystal clear waters in Malta simply because Nico was looking 'too gloomy' cooped up at home. Never mind that Nico's got plenty of his own fun money after those decent years with the NHL under his belt.

It's fucking ridiculous. And Nico says as much, the one evening they're hanging out in Jack's penthouse instead, Succession playing on mute in the background while they mess around with some thousand-dollar whiskey Luke sent over. Jack nearly spilled the whole bottle on his counter, uncharacteristically flustered as Nico presses him for an explanation, because he's losing his god damn mind over this little dance they've got going on and he wants answers, now.

"Okay, maybe I have a crush on you! So what?" Jack finally shouts, throwing his hands up. "Do you want me to be the sleazy dirtbag that tries to make a move on his friend that's fresh out of a shitty relationship? Swoop in like a vulture, and you're a piece of meat? Like you're some toy to get passed around? Fuck you for thinking I'd do that, Nico, I swear--I can't have you, it's not--I can't--"

"But what if I want you?" Nico asks, and watches the myriad of expressions flash across Jack's face. Shock. Disbelief. Hope. Need. "What if I want you to be mine? What if I'm the one who wants to keep you?"

The whiskey sits abandoned on the counter for a long while after that.

send me a jacknico prompt!

#chewing on drywall thinking about them sometimes I'm very normal #anyway talk to me about fixer universe!jacknico anytime I'll yap away #thank u for indulging me anon! ❤️‍🔥#asks #anon #prompt fills #long post

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thecallofthecrow · 2 months ago

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Last Ritual in This House

So I did a closing ritual for this home. I won't be leaving for another couple of weeks, but I want to carefully pack my altar up and make sure it (Safely) arrives where I'm going. Invoke and Present were An Morrigan (She finds it funny when I use Her official name), Brigid (oft debated to be An Morrigan's daughter, but I "had tea with her" before the ritual), and Rhiannon, though is not yet nightfall.

Rhiannon was invoked (but not angry) early because I didn't think I'd have time to do the ritual in Her domain due to having my night time meds and sleepy time melatonin herbal tea mix right before the ritual, so we had to make due, and I think She understands.

So now that that's out of the way, what was the ritual like?

Well, a lot of prayers, mostly not for myself aside from a couple. This was mainly a ritual asking for good energies to be sent the way of my family and friends due to various issues going on in their lives. I even had a couple of prayers for people who didn't ask. I cared less about myself and more about the people in my lives, including my partner who is stuck between a rock and a hard place familially. She is at the center of family drama on her father and mother's sides, who are separated. It is very hard on her, and she asked me, despite being rather averse to religion in general (and thinks this Paganism stuff is kinda weird) she said, "I'll take whatever I can get."

So I asked the Phantom Queen to give her a win. The Morrigan understands how serious I am about my partner and how much I want to manifest a victory for her. What happens now is left up to fate.

However, there's the added problem of "my partner's mom is pissed I'm gonna be there while she's there" and that will also mean my Altar has to be hidden cuz uh...

HER MOTHER HAPPENS TO BE A FUCKING PRESPETARIAN MINISTER AND DOESN'T KNOW I'M A PAGAN OR SHE'D HATE ME MORE THAN I'M PRETTY SURE SHE ALREADY DOES.

Goddess above. What the fuck, man? It feels like every time anyone in her family comes to play ball they get uncomfortable or outright hostile and I'm forced back into the broom closet while they're present or shit will get worse. Her Dad's cool though. He provided a lot of my current altar.

So, I don't know what I'll have to pay the price for my requests. I don't know if it'll be magickal energy or if it'll be something greater. Sometimes I request stuff and nothing gets requested back. But I've been in this long enough to know nothing comes free. I may have to make some sort of sacrifice in order for my manifestations to come through, and the people they're for may have to go through the dirt and grab the manifestations themselves, accepting them.

We'll see.

Either way, I opened the door for Rhiannon and I to strengthen our bond, since we keep each other at arm's length. I also got a weird thank you from Brigid after tea but I'll get into that later.

And An Morrigan, the Crow Mama's words?

"Good job kid."

I think I'm done trying to channel tonight but I might not get a choice. Only time will tell.

POST NOTE:

Tea Time with Brigid went well. It's mildly cold today, uncommon for a nice spring day but oh well. I drank my sleepy herbal tea and fed the birds. They'll need the food for the cold night. After tea time, I got an odd and very direct and crystal clear "Thank you" in my mind before radio silence.

I may have Tea Time with Rhiannon in the DARK tomorrow if I wake up on time. I guess we'll see? I hate waking up at 4 or 5 in the morning, especially on days I have therapy, but if it gets our bond strengthened, honestly I'll take the lack of sleep.

More updates tomorrow, and maybe one more depending on if I do a tarot drawing to end the night.

Kuro.

#witchblr #paganism #witch blog #black cats #pagan witch #witch #tarot witch #channeling #spells #witch aesthetic

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thoughts-of-loyalty · 2 years ago

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Let's give it up for my 5th round of Nitpick November! And for it, I'm going to tackle a topic that isn't all that bad in the grand scheme of things, but feels like it could've been explored more in the story itself: the relative dropoff of Dust in the series.

Now, this isn't going to be me talking about how RW/BY pretty much abandoned Dust as a hinted part of the villain's plans between Volumes 2 and 3; there IS something to be said about it, but other people have already said it better than I could, and that's less of a nitpick topic anyway. So I'd rather talk about how niche using Dust in combat has become outside of a select few folks, and the shame it is given the versatility Dust could give to the show's combat.

Now, Dust in general wasn't too widely used to diversify combat beyond the basics to start out: Weiss was the prominent Dust user, and I recall Cinder and Roman making use of it a few times, but the overall RW/BY kept the usage of Dust pretty light in Volume 1. And to be fair, I think that was a good call - the show was in the process of finding its feet, and having to juggle what was effectively 2 systems of magic (Dust and Semblances - I know the show says they're not technically magic, but they're still what you'd call in storytelling "magic systems") at the time was a lot to ask of the show, so it's fine it was kept on the more basic side.

Once Volumes 2 and 3 rolled around, it seemed that RT had more confidence in their world building, and thus let Dust kinda be more naturally woven and used outside of their specific characters. In volume 2, the idea of the Dustweave (lacing outfits with dust to make it was fairly simply explained when Cinder used it during her infiltration (...and then the idea removed from relevance because Maidens, but I digress), and then Blake introduced the idea of blending one's Semblance together with Dust, allowing her to effectively create elemental clones when fighting Roman. And then Volume 3 had Reese have a fire Dust crystal get tossed to her and seamlessly used it on her weapon/board to cause fire with her attacks. Y'know, all pretty seamless for the world RW/BY was at the time.

And then after Volume 3, it feels like making creative use of Dust became much more limited again. Like, yeah, Ruby occasionally pulled out a different element Dust cartridge, and Leo and Raven had weapons with different Dust effects, but outside of Weiss (and Blake after Volume 7), most often if a character had Dust be a central part of their weapon's function, it was only that one element. Sure, Jaune's shield later got updated with a hard light expansion and a gravity center to repulse, but that was it. Ilia's whip? Only ever used lightning. Maria? Magnetism. And so on and so forth. And the idea of using Dust in conjunction with one's Semblance is pretty much gone.

It's just serious untapped potential, as I see it. Imagine things like Jaune swapping out gravity for fire so that anyone who strikes his shield gets a burst of fire for doing that. Or if Yang added added ice bullets to Ember Celica so that she could freeze her foes in place and set them up for even more damage? Or heck, imagine if Ruby could make use of Dust while using the scythe part of her weapon and unleash slashes of electricity or waves of fire!

So yeah, RW/BY had the potential to really do some good stuff with Dust in their combat, but after Volume 3, outside of a handful of characters, most uses of Dust in combat were just part of the one gimmick a character had. It's a real shame, since it could add some real spice to the fights.

#nitpick november #rwde #rwde nitpicks

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slashersgostabbystabstab · 2 years ago

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Tell me what are some things you'd like to see for Hux in the future of DBD. Cosmetic wise, lore wise.

Are there any changes you'd make for him in game, buffs or otherwise :3

Honestly cosmetic wise, I want to see basically anything at this point. Hux is one of the charcaters that unfortunately keeps dealing with the short end of of the stick when it comes to skins. I understand that his design does limit people to making anything for him but come on, he's still worth a try. Sure the cosmetic he got from the fit is nice and the "you are what you kill one" is a pretty great Portal reference, but I'd appreciate more cosmetics that aren't just recolors. (I am excited however because there it was hinted that he might get a cosmetic that's him before Gabriel burnt him!!!)

However, I would like to see something candy related for him. I wanted to design it and enter it in a future DBD Design contest but I'd rather not lose the rights to something that precious to me. I'll make sure to draw it one day however and hope people like it like that Valentine's Deathslinger cosmetic I made years back X3

Lore wise I would really like to see what went on with the production of the Hux-A7 units. Just interested in what the process was there, but it also makes me wonder if anything went wrong with #13(aka Hux himself) considering how he is the only unit the strayed from the rest of the group. It's like there was something off about him and he ventured out elsewhere before being zapped by the alien crystal. It would be nice to see what life was for Hux A7-13 before he became aware.. Like I'm curious to see was he already technically active before the departure date? Was he only ever powered on when they arrived to Dvarka? How long has he lived for? (This is also for...fanfic purposes because of that one specific fic I've been wanting to write involving Gabriel lol please ask me about that because I have been itching to write it along with the next part to the Praetorian fic but need to get the smut out of the way first)

Okay so in game...oh geez let's see:

Something seriously needs to be done about the EMPS. It's insane how easily a survivor alone is able to control Hux's power. Not even add-ons are enough to discourage the use of EMPS. Now imagine all four survivors carrying an EMP each, it's hell. And the fact that you can have the EMP on for 45 seconds is a crazy fact alone; you can get some serious distance in that time period and have disabled so many biopods already because you also have to take into consideration its radius!).

I do think the EMPs should become limited like Wesker's and Nemesis' respective items, or they should at least hold some kind of punishment like what Skull Merchant's drones did(aka receiving a tracker when disabling her drones). Like have some of his add-ons be built in maybe?

Or if not limited at least do something like with Xenomorph's turrets. The EMPS continue printing the second you take one, the turrets at least make you wait after you've taken one. And after 3 have been taken from the same control station you have to wait for that stuff to be remade.

OR at least give him more biopods. Once again, you can take out some many biopods + slipstreams in 45 seconds)

Yes there are add-ons that kind of do that but even then they're sort of useless (the only one I can think of is Live Wires which I like to use but what's the point when everyone is on the opposite side of the map and they've dispersed or finish their gen by the time you got there?)

His add-ons I feel really do need some buffing because the only one Singularity mains really consider using is the Soma Family Photo which makes you faster when in Overclock mode but still reduces your timer for it. And that's ONLY if you succesfully slipstream to a survivor of course(I say this because I still have some trouble with it)

His add-ons really rely on having survivors slipstreamed and that's pretty hard to do when they can constantly remove the temporal slipstream

I don't care if I'm called biased for this but I do not believe Hux needs a nerf of any kind. Slipstreaming is something that takes a good while to learn, I'm still learning how to do it properly myself. I think Overclock mode is a decent reward for a successful slipstream (and it doesn't even last that long???). It just sucks that there's some asshole out there trying really hard to make him the next "chess killer" which hopefully doesn't lead to an unecessary nerf.

There's more I'm sure of it, but this is what I can think of at the moment. I'll add more after I get bullied as Singularity again lololol

Also this is more at gameplay itself rather than Hux's ability and such but they need to lower his chase music's volumeor something. I personally rely a very lot on sounds and I lose survivors often while playing Singularity because of both his music and his mechanical whirring.

And also his hook??? I never really miss attacks when I play as killer but there's something about Hux's blade that makes me miss because I always think I'm much closer than I apparently am.

#dbd #dbd singularity #dbd hux #hux a7 13 #dead by daylight #the singularity #the singularity dbd #i could have worded this more professionally but it's 12 am and i am very passionate about hux

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aaa ok

you should totally share your oc when you feel up for it! cool people will want to talk to you about it/will like the art and people who think its cringe you weren't gonna get along with anyways :)

Okk so this is the 3rd campaign i did, and was a murder mystery situation. The first campaign was a timeloop and was kinda rough cause it was my first time dming, and the second was a time travel one. This campaign is the one i made an art show about, but sadly i cannot share those pieces online cause of some rules with the exhibition :(

its kinda a 1920's ish (heavy on the ish) fantasy city thats kinda inspired by republic city from legends of korra, so like light steampunk vibes. The city is called Fernport, and the main party all worked in the Crystal Eye Detective agency, called that because both its a fun way to say magnifying glass and because the first employee there is a cleric who followed The Watchful Eye (god of order/organization/justice, we'll get to that later). Another thing about Fernport is that it has a big corruption issue, 99% of the law enforcement is different detective agencies and most of them just take bribes, and theres a mysterious prison a bit off the coast that no one ever seems to return from.

The employees of this agency are:

Hepia Hornsblade, the founder of the agency, the only non-player character. She was a retired socialite/actress/radio star and handled pr/paperwork and stuff. She's part fae hence the moth wings.

2) Arthur Noir Bartholomew Finch, your typical noir detective.. kinda. He's the follower of the W.E (watchful eye) and besties with Hepia despite their drastic differences. Arthur likes sitting in the rain and eating cigarette butts while thinking about a case, and sleeps under his desk. He's a Tabaxi and I don't want to share my friend's art without asking them so just imagine the most bedraggled muppet of a cat man in a trench coat with a big moustache. He has a boyfriend named Rufus who works for the mob, they beat each other up on the clock but then go hang out and get drinks off duty, no one really takes Arthur too seriously so they dont really care that him and Rufus are together. They also have a kid they've half adopted named Percival (an aarocokra so bird person) who is a little troublemaker.

3) Nyth, an ex pirate buff lady whos a bit of a himbo. Shes the muscle of the group, and is a shifter, so kinda werewolf lite. Again, no art but buff lady with scars and long navy blue hair.

4) Kori, an investigator and cook who is very serious. They can be kinda prickly but like the other members of the agency decently well. They're a triton sorcerer so fishy (blue skin, yellow hair/fin mohawk) and a spellcaster. They're hunting down someone in particular..

5) Ash, came from the Faewild, also a detective, not a ton of lore.

The group has been together for a bit at the start of the campaign, and Hepia and Arthur have known each other for longer. The first case we see is the arrest of Voz Boneston who's a necromancer that reanimates skeletons just to hang out and play board games and stuff, and who was stealing diamonds to fuel his spells. The group catch him and temporarily bring the diamonds back to the agency to figure out who to return them to.

The residual amounts of necromany magic cause stuff to start going a little weird, when a ghost shows up in the agency, missing a head and only able to talk through the radio. Hepia is shocked having not known the building was haunted and owning it for several years.

Note about how ghosts work: When someone dies around a magic item, their soul basically feeds off of it like a battery until they fade away. Given that most magic items dont have enough magic to keep someone alive for very long, ghosts being around for more then a year is really unusual.

The group agrees to solve the ghost's murder and nickname it Dullahan, as they don't remember their own name.

The group doesn't have many leads and does a few other missions i won't get into (one was just a big setup for a YuGioh joke). But when they return Dullahan is like "hey guys you might want to look upstairs, i think theres some clues". The group didn't know there *was* an upstairs to the agency and finds a sealed up attic.

Upstairs is a small apartment, with 2 bedrooms and a common area/vanity/whatever. In both bedrooms there is a bit of a mess, gears and artificer tools and such, and circus posters for an act called "The Canary & The Crow", with the Canary being an acrobat and the Crow being a spellcaster. In one room is a partially packed suitcase. They also find a very big bloodstain and signs of a struggle, and Dullahan remembers having lived up there.

they receive a letter from Nyth's pirate crew inviting the group to come spend some time with them, and the agency figures that Dullahan can wait, i mean theyve been dead this long right?

Hepia tells the group she's made some inportant discoveries in the case that she'll tell them when they get back.

The group goes on their little pirate adventure which ill summarize cause this is a LONG post already

Kori finds a person who killed their sibling which is the reason they became a detective, its a big crab guy, they fight while the rest of the agency is busy and kori almost dies, rips crab man's arm off and is sad cause revenge is kinda a bummer.

they were set up by someone who goes by "C", the pirates didnt actually invite them and the ship gets hijacked and they all almost die.

When they get back, the Crystal Eye Detective Agency is burning to the ground, and they are arrested for the murder of Hepia Hornsblade, and arson also probably.

Dullahan is still there in the burning building (they're a ghost so they're fine)

Ive gotta go work on stuff for a bit so ill leave you on that cliffhanger and add more to this later

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genuineit · 2 months ago

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The Future of Audio-Visual Technology: Trends to Watch in Dubai

The AV technology scene is changing fast, with Dubai leading the charge. If you supply AV equipment, run a business, or plan events, you need to keep tabs on the newest stuff. We're talking about video meeting setups and AV installs getting more advanced. Genits Group's got your back, we'll help you navigate what's coming in AV technology and what it means for Dubai's scene.

1. Blended Workspaces

Dubai's businesses are snapping up advanced video conferencing systems with the new hybrid work trends increasing the need for them. They're putting money into top-notch cameras, mics, and screens to make talks between remote staff and those in the office run without a hitch. AI-enhanced stuff, like sound blocking and translating languages on the fly, is jazzing up online meetings, making them slicker and more interesting.

2. 4K and 8K Displays

Nowadays, seeing things super clearly on screens is essential, not just some fancy add-on. More folks are getting into 4K and 8K displays for eye-popping detail, perfect for showing off at meetings and big events. AV equipment suppliers in Dubai are on it, offering these mega-crisp UHD screens that make everything look amazing, whether in tight business meeting rooms or at huge gatherings.

3. Clever Combos and IoT

IoT is causing a revolution in AV systems, for sure. Now, you can mess with lights, sounds, and screens all from just one spot. Think about a conference room with an audiovisual installation—you get to run the whole show from an app on your phone! This stuff fits right in with the crazy cool smart city, like Dubai is doing, where tech just kinda melts into your day-to-day.

4. AR and VR Mingling

AR and VR aren't just for fun and games now. Businesses around Dubai are putting these awesome techs to use for teaching folks, showing off products, and giving peeks at places through virtual tours. Guys who supply AV equipment are all about AR/VR-ready setups, and they're like gold for people in the property business, schools, and hospitals.

5. Sustainable AV Solutions

Dubai's big on taking care of the planet. That means using AV technology that doesn't eat up lots of power, like LED screens, energy-saving gadgets, and things you can recycle. Not only do these cool setups save money, but they're also in step with Dubai wanting to keep things eco-friendly for the long haul.

6. Advanced Audio Systems

Audio products are getting a serious upgrade to keep up with the times. We're talking about beamforming mics, speakers that point sound where you want, and 3D sound setups that are pretty much the norm in audiovisual installation now. These cool gadgets make sure your tunes are crystal clear, doesn't matter if you're jamming in a tiny conference room or rocking out in a giant hall.

7. Cloud-Based AV Systems

So, the cloud is causing a revolution in how we handle AV equipment. With cloud-based video conferencing systems, you can store your stuff, get to it whenever, and share it without breaking a sweat. This is super handy for companies in Dubai that have people spread out everywhere, making things run smoothly and ready to grow when you need to.

8. AI-Powered Analytics

Artificial intelligence brings improvements to AV systems. It now allows for the monitoring of how engaged an audience is, checks how well the equipment is doing, and foresees when stuff might need fixing. This way of using facts and figures helps companies up their game with their audiovisual installation and gives people better stuff to enjoy.

9. Wireless AV Solutions

Nobody wants to deal with cables anymore. Folks dig wireless AV solutions because they're super handy, and you don't have to sweat over setting them up. Whether we're talking about taking the stage without any wires or speakers that play nice with Bluetooth, AV equipment suppliers in Dubai are all about giving out gear that makes life less and more go-with-the-flow.

10. Personalized User Experiences

AV technology is getting a personal touch nowadays. Gear can now change to what you like, from lights and sounds you set yourself to stuff you wanna see and hear. This is super key in Dubai if you're into fancy hotels and shops that gotta make things feel special.

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thegoddessprose · 4 months ago

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It's here!!!

As promised, I present you with a new Chitarch fic, in which Plutarch meets Chiasa's adult children. I suppose timeline-wise, it's maybe 2-3 months after Mockingjay. They knew they were together but hadn't been able to properly meet him until now.

Since this was a kinda suggested prompt, not only am I tagging @plutarchheavensbee but also @arthdoesart who was curious about Plutarch interacting with Chiasa's kids. Hope you enjoy:

Masterlist Here

Chiasa stepped back and admired the faux crystal vase on the dining table, filled with gorgeous pink and purple blooms… Well, folded paper blooms. It was still the dead of winter and the more professional fake flowers were being rationed. At least her kids preferred them this way… It would put them at ease, bringing back some pleasant memories from their youth.

Either way, the splash of color really brought the room to life… And many others would as soon as she could move the remainder of her stuff into the place. She opened her compact and gave herself a once over. At least she was able to throw together a natural concoction to go back to black from her natural salt and pepper roots that showed after the war… Her makeup was subtle, warm… A bit of a relic of her own childhood. Perhaps she shouldn't be fussing at all, she raised these people after all, but their initial shock at her announcement was… Interesting to say the least.

“I have enough shit going on, Mom, I don't have time for another little boyfriend of yours…” Tenma had moaned.

Her confusion at some further explanation was at least… somewhat better: “Yeah, I know that you only introduce the “serious” ones, but they don't… Wait, how sure? And it's who??”

Yves seemed to regress back to his teenaged self, despite his middle age: “Mom are you kidding me?? The world is changing and this is your priority. I know he's part of the reason for– The point is, another secret, he’s just going to be family just like that and–” Just so, using his middle name at such an outburst got him to stop making a scene and he’d since cooled down, but was still a bit apprehensive.

Kamakura surprisingly had the most reasonable reaction: “Wow! A lot’s changing, huh? Did you tell Dad about him? He met him? He’s got to be really special if you want to actually settle down… I thought that would never happen! Ignore them, they're just being overprotective or something…” Such a level headed response was usually more her sister's style…

Today, however, all three of them finally had the time to meet Plutarch together. In truth, Chiasa hoped they would all come to adore him as much as she did, but even as adults, there would be an adjustment period. Plutarch was happy to have them as a part of their lives, but thankfully not eager enough to try to force a fatherly role. That would be terribly awkward…

Almost as if on cue, Plutarch set out the coffee and pastries, but eyed the cream and sugar warily.

“Should we even be serving this?” he asked, “Condensed milk might be a little intense and I think you said two of them are lactose intolerant.”

“Only Tenma is,” she corrected him, “And she takes her coffee black anyway. The most she’ll mix in is a shot of espresso.”

She loved his attention to detail… But she couldn't decide if his nerves were cute or troubling.

“It’ll all be okay, they’ve had time to deal with the initial shock,” she reassured him, “It's okay to be nervous, but believe me, I think they're just as anxious to meet you.”

“I’ve spent many years secretly tearing apart a tyrannical regime and this is what's getting me on edge,” he mused with a dry chuckle, “I know your family is important to you and I’ve caused enough of a rift–”

“Plutarch Heavensbee,” she gently admonished before taking his hands, “I’ve told you time and time again that Quinta was her own maker. The estrangement was a long time coming… As was her divorce…”

Even though it was, throwing her twin sister of all people out of her life was hard… But at least Chiasa still had a decent relationship with her ex brother in law. Every time she found herself missing her, she remembered her former sister’s growing toxicity… And that she put her hands on Marcus in broad daylight… Her own grandson. That alone was enough to keep her away.

“Well… Thinking about it rationally, you’re right,” he said, “I suppose that reiterates how much the old regime corrupted so many people… How do they feel about everything.”

“None of them are too political… Except Yvie, but I’ve learned he's more on our side,” she replied, “I think that's why he stuck to teaching law instead of practicing it until now… Kay’s not into it at all, and Tennie… Well, knowing what happened during the war and now with her soon to be ex… I think she's leaning towards us.”

Perhaps part of the reason her eldest accepted the invitation in the first place was a brief respite from all the drama happening in her own life. Who could blame her, really…

Just then, the doorbell rang, and the couple made their way to the front.

“You're sure I look alright?” he asked.

Plutarch was in his signature darker colors, but opted for a more casual sweater, slacks, and unbuttoned collar. It was really too bad they had to keep the PDA to a minimum to keep their guests comfortable…

“You look perfect,” she said before giving him a brief peck on the lips, “Now… Let's go on and say hello.”

He opened the door to find only two people waiting at first; a man and a woman who both looked to be in their forties. The woman was tan with a layered black bob, wearing an athleisure type outfit and carrying a cane in her left hand. The equally dark haired man was dressed a little more smartly in khakis, a button down undone at the collar, and a simple plaid jacket.

“Tennie, Yvie! Please come in,” Chiasa greeted before pulling them into a hug, “I’m so happy you could come… Where's your sister?”

Over their shoulders, she saw a familiar flash of a loud patterned coat and a head full of cranberry hair rushing up to the landing. The slightly younger woman's larger scarlet square frames had to be quickly adjusted before she joined her siblings inside.

“Sorry… You know how it is with heels and ice,” she sheepishly bemoaned.

“Then wear something more sensible, Kamakura,” Tenma admonished, “Mom does in this weather.”

Once Chiasa greeted her youngest separately, she proudly put an arm around Plutarch.

“All right, darlings. I'm so glad you can come,” she gushed, “It's time you officially met… This is Plutarch Heavensbee. As I’ve told you, we’ve fallen deeply in love and want to build a life together… And since you know I love the three of you so much, I’m hoping we can start this part of our life journey on the right foot.”

“It's a pleasure to meet you three, I’ve heard a lot of good things about you,” said Plutarch, holding out his hand, “I’m looking forward to getting to know each of you better.”

Chiasa looked to her children to see what had changed and what hadn't. Kamakura was the first to shake his hand with a smile.

“Nice to meet you too! Listen, just between us, I’m glad Mom finally found someone for her. I can't imagine my life without the world's most beautiful and creative and sweetest wife!”

No surprise there… Kay was the last to marry about a decade ago, but she and her wife were still like newlyweds, much to the disgust of their own two young children. Of course it was her who had to be reminded to come alone to not overwhelm Plutarch with too many new people.

Tenma was next. She was silent and shook Plutarch's hand with an iron grip. It was hard to gauge if it was a bit of protective posturing or her foul mood in general. Even so, Yves was hesitant to even greet him before both his mother and older sister nudged him.

“Well… Shall we head to the dining room for coffee?” Plutarch offered.

Once the group made it two the grand room, the three siblings each took a seat opposite the couple. Tenma let out a sigh of relief as she sat, and thankfully seemed to calm down. Everyone served themselves in relative silence. This wasn't what Chiasa had in mind at all… Before she tried to continue the conversation, her son spoke up.

“So… Looks like you're here to stay,” said Yves, “We don't usually meet them otherwise… What are we supposed to call you?”

“Plutarch, I expect,” he replied, “I don't expect you to think of me as a father, being that one of you has one already, and the two of you… Nevermind. Not to mention you’re grown, and–”

“You were at the Academy at the same time as me, just a couple years ahead,” Tenma interjected, “Isn't that right? Well… At least you’re not some trophy frat boy.”

“Tenma, you know I’d never take that type seriously–” Chiasa firmly started.

“Just because you're miserable doesn't mean everyone else has to be!” Kamakura pouted.

“Kamakura!” Chiasa admonished.

“I can't believe I’m saying this, but can we all calm down?” Yves interjected before muttering to himself, “It's my job to pick the fights… Sorry, the war’s hit her the hardest.”

Chiasa nodded solemnly while Tenma sipped her coffee.

“Yes… Your family troubles, right? And you were on the field,” Plutarch noted.

“Mmm. Yep. In case you're worried about my work… Past work, don't be,” said Tenma, “I didn't even want to get drafted. I didn't want to go after a bunch of kids so the upstart commander tried to have me shot. Lucky for me, he was a horrible shot, now I’m stuck with this.”

She held up her cane and laughed bitterly.

“But I should be grateful, right? When it was over, it was a pair of crutches. Be glad I could walk again, huh? Go home to my family… Until my now soon to be ex decided to go down the conspirational loyalist path, if I didn't have a heavy object to ding him with to protect the boys,” she continued, “He’s in the looney bin, I’m leaving him, I’m stuck in a damn office job… Now he shows up, and what in the hell is he even doing with my mother, what does he want… How am I supposed to know if he's good for her if he just fools everyone…”

Chiasa was heartbroken to see her daughter crash out like that. She knew all of this and helped where she could, but up until then, Tenma seemed to be taking everything like a champ. Then again, she had a bit of a history of trying everything she could to be the responsible one of the children. She reached across the table to squeeze her hand.

“Ma pauvre tite bete…” she soothed, “I should have realized how much this took a toll on you… You need water? Tissues? I could get some…”

“I can,” Plutarch offered.

“Honey, it's alright, I can–”

“It is… Clearly she needs a minute… I’ll get them, dear.”

After squeezing her other hand, Plutarch headed off and Chiasa came around the table to give Tenma a hug to try to calm her down. Kamakura stared at her croissant while Yves started rubbing his temples.

“I feel like an ass…” he mused, “Here I am being dumb and petty while she has a good reason to be wary.”

“That's… Kind of your brand, Yvie,” said Kamakura.

“Haha we're all so amused, Kay… Still. I guess we're all a little worried, but Mom… I know you can handle yourself,” he added, “But seriously… If he hurts you, his ass is grass, it doesn't matter how many countries he’s overthrown.”

“I wouldn't expect anything less,” said Chiasa, “Don't worry, your cousin made that clear… Tennie dear? You going to be okay?”

Tenma lifted her head and sniffed. “Y-Yeah, I think so… S-Sorry, I didn't mean to unload–”

“It's okay… You don't need to be sorry for feeling,” she reassured her, “I should have been more mindful.”

“Yeah, but… Who knows when might have been ready? How shitty would it have been if those two met him before me? You couldn't keep us in the dark forever. I’ll be okay…”

Plutarch returned with the water and extra napkins, and Chiasa made sure her eldest was settled before returning to her own seat. He took her hand in his before clearing his throat.

“If it's all right with all of you, I'd like to say a few things,” he offered.

Chiasa nodded and her children murmured in agreement.

“I… I admit I was a little taken aback by what just happened, but… I suppose you're not wrong to doubt me,” he started, “I’m known for deceiving my fellow Capitolites, and you don't know me well now, so how can you trust me? How do you know I’m good enough for your mother? You don't… But I'm willing to prove myself.”

Yves cocked his brow, intrigued, while Tenma dried her eyes.

“I’ll admit that I'm not the best with family dynamics,” Plutarch continued, “I didn't grow up in the warm environment you did… I suppose there were those in the cause I considered family but they could always be lost and a few were. If I wasn't estranged from my blood relations before… I certainly am now.”

“Oh… I didn't even think about that,” Kamakura mused as her brother nodded solemnly.

“Yes, well… Just as with politics, I suppose it's time for a different path. I didn't think I was capable of loving someone this deeply or even being loved, but, Chiasa… Your mother proved that wrong.”

“I guess to be fair… I thought the same thing about me,” said Chiasa, “But it's true. He gives me so much hope, we can talk for hours about the littlest things, we can be ourselves around each other…”

“We inspire each other to be better people,” said Plutarch, “Which, believe me, the world needs right now if it’ll be any better.”

“I have to agree…” Yves noted, “There's still a lot of work to be done.”

“Indeed… Chiasa, I thought he was supposed to be the contrarian one.”

She giggled. “Well, I told you not in that way.”

“It's what Yvie does, he starts shit,” said Kamakura, “Thankfully he grew up a little while while you were out.”

“Me?” Yves quipped, “I least I grew up, unlike you.”

At least that was truly in jest…

“Anyway,” Plutarch continued, “I’d like to address each of you individually. Tenma, as we all heard, you’re in a bit of a tough spot.”

“Yeah… Sorry about my outburst,” she replied, “It's not your problem.”

“Don't worry about that. We had many different creeds in the rebels, and this one… Your grandmother championed before me, we take care of our own,” he said, “Like I said, I don't expect you to think of me as your father, but since I love Chiasa deeply, and you’re her family… I suppose officially you’d be a ward of the underground and are entitled to all benefits thereof.”

“I still can't believe Oba was the Phantom, Most Wanted In the Capitol… The Shougai,” Yves muttered while his sisters nodded.

“And… What are those?” Tenma asked.

“From my experience, it means you're well protected, you’ll have plenty of good people having your back,” said Chiasa, “You’ll always have friends looking out for you.”

“I know a lot of people from many walks of life, and if you ever need help, just say the word,” Plutarch added, “Some of them you might have met already… Surely you know Tigris.”

“I… Thank you,” Tenma breathed, “Seriously, this means a lot. I need all the help and ammo I can get… No offense, Mom.”

“None taken.”

“Nanan’s with you too??” Kamakura interrupted in amazement.

“Nanan? Sorry, I haven't picked up a lot of the Acadian yet.”

“Godmother,” said Chiasa, “If you think about it, that's exactly who she is to me.”

Even though she couldn't be the stepmother like she wanted, Tigris at least took pride in being a mentor figure and family friend for many years. Chiasa took a moment to wonder how her father would feel about her romantic success. Perhaps he would be jealous she could finally be with her love out in the open? Or hopefully he’d be proud of how she was able to embrace her happiness the way he couldn't.

“Right, thank you, dear. Yes, your “Nanan,” was around longer than me…” Plutarch continued, “Yves… I understand you're the fiery one. I suppose the complicated story of your birth and father from 3 is a part of it.”

“Wait… You know about that?” he asked, bewildered, “How… Nobody knew but us, and for a good reason. Mom, did you…”

“I did,” Chiasa confirmed, “I told him in confidence.”

“Huh… You really are different,” Yves mused, “She must really trust you.”

“I suppose that's a part of it. And part of it was probably a test of compassion, and thankfully I passed,” he continued, smiling at Chiasa, “I understand you were a professor at the law school for many years, but now that the regime is overthrown, you’re thinking of practicing. As you know, I know a thing or two about fighting for liberty and justice…”

“Hold on, you’re not seriously offering a job,” Yves admonished, “As much as I appreciate it, I won't be a nepo hire.”

“You won't be, you’ll go through the hiring process just like everyone else… Although just between us, having a law degree and being on the side of justice is rare these days and those qualifications will sweeten the odds a little, especially when there are war criminals that need prosecuting.”

Yves steepled his hands and chuckled. “If I’m hired, and that's a big if… I’d like to pursue my own specialty in federal court once these cases die down.”

“I’ll talk to the new Attorney General.”

“Don't worry Yvie, if it's important to you, I’ll make sure he doesn't pull too many strings,” said Chiasa.

It was about time her son got a proper outlet… Thankfully Yves was a decent man to his family and truly loved teaching, but all his rage at the machine was always held in… She often worried it would come out at the worst time, but this would be worthy of that passion.

“And Kamakura…”

“Kay,” Kamakura corrected him.

“Kay,” Plutarch continued, “You know I'm not here to replace your father at all. I met him a while ago, actually. I can definitely see where you get your energy from…”

“Oh I know that,” she said, “Obviously. Just… You're not going to be weird about him and Mom still being friends? Some people are, and that's bullshit.”

Some people indeed were… Chiasa remembered getting pregnant with her when her relationship with Theseus was running its course. People criticized her for not marrying him and some of her exes felt threatened because he was still around as a friend and co-parent. Even men her age were such toddlers and she wouldn't take it.

“I won't be, I promise,” he reassured her, “I know that was many years ago, and I'm mature enough to know that you can be on good terms with exes without anything happening.”

“You think I’d be with him if he were?” Chiasa quipped, “You three joke about my love life, but I don't put up with immature men.”

“As you should,” Plutarch agreed, “Anyway, Kay… I respect that you have that figure in your life already. Actually, all three of you, I respect that Theseus was there first and he still will be. Your mother made that clear. But I'm hoping to have my own role in the family if you’ll have me.”

“Yes, I think you’ve made that clear… I wouldn't be surprised if you have more bribes or speeches up your sleeve,” said Yves, “I mean, you got Tennie, and that's not easy, trust me.”

“He hasn't got me,” Tenma argued, “I just really need the help… Like you wouldn't do the same for Vi, Yumi, and Gaia.”

Chiasa gave him a stern look. “We agreed you wouldn't be an ass, Yves Seiji. I don't expect you to hug it out right away, but I do expect you to be polite to Plutarch and act like an adult. Now isn't your sister right? How you’d do anything for your wife and daughters?”

Plutarch mumbled a relieved “thank you” despite a lingering fear of her irritated voice. Yves sighed and shrunk back in his chair.

“Yes, Mom… I’d… I’d tear the world apart if it meant saving them. Plutarch, I’ll admit… As a professor, that speech wasn't half bad. You acknowledged our arguments, played to your audience… You would have done well in my seminars.”

“Any good politician has to be good with both,” said Plutarch.

Was he planning that all along? Because Chiasa knew he retained every bit of information about them that he could, but all this was something else. She figured a little kiss on the cheek wouldn't hurt, only really earning an eye roll from Tenma.

Thankfully the rest of brunch went off without incident, toward Plutarch at least. Tenma, Yves, and Kamakura just tended to bicker as siblings did, ever since they were little, but thankfully nothing serious. As they headed out, their tune had at least become a lot less hostile.

“Whether or not this job ends up happening, I’m going to have to study up on the new world order,” said Yves, “I guess you’d know where to start.”

“There's plenty in the archive, it's open to everyone now,” Plutarch replied, “I do have a copy of The Federalist Papers, at least 54 of them, unredacted. You could come by in the future to take a look.”

“You know… You could have just led with that. That would have made today worlds easier.”

“Haha! Sounds like Mr. High and Mighty “I don't take bribes from the new guy” left the building,” Kamakura joked.

Chiasa had to suppress a smile while she briefly scolded her daughter for her tone… But simply that. At least Yves seemed a little more in character now.

“So! I gotta bring you to meet my Hermie!” the youngest continued, “It doesn't even have to be here! I’ll need to explain everything to the little ones, maybe you can help– Wait no, you use a lot of bigger words and they're still so little… It's okay, Mom will help. But I'm sure they'll be up to it soon anyway.”

“It's okay, they’ll know,” Chiasa reassured them, “They’ll understand. And one at a time… Let's not overwhelm, okay?”

She agreed and followed her brother out the door after a goodbye hug. Only Tenma remained, who despite her new serenity, still looked serious.

“Nothing lethal, I just want a fair divorce and my psychotic ex kept the hell away from the boys,” she said.

“That's one of the easier requests at least,” Plutarch acknowledged.

“Also… If you break my mom’s heart, I’ll put your head on a pike. I don't care if you're in the cabinet, the president, or whatever, or if I’m still in recovery. Actually, I have a good weapon right here on my hand,” she added gripping her cane, “She's waited her whole life to find happiness, and now that I know the pain of an unhappy ending… I’m watching you.”

Chiasa wasn't quite sure whether to be proud of her daughter’s boldness or sad for how things turned out for her… Tiberius was such a nice young man when they were first married too. It was hard to recognize him now, and what he’d done to the family he claimed to love.

“Oh Tenma…” Chiasa soothed, pulling her into a hug, “I appreciate it… It hurts so much to see you hurting like this.”

“I understand. It's still fresh on your mind, and of course you’d want to protect your mother,” said Plutarch, “We can discuss the details later… But you’ll be safe.”

She reluctantly nodded and left. Sensing some lingering sadness, Plutarch took Chiasa's hands.

“I’ll do whatever I can,” he reassured her, “It’ll be just fine…”

“And you know I love you and I trust you,” she replied, “They’ll all be…”

“Be honest… How did I do?”

“You did great! You know, I have to ask… Did you rehearse all of that? Write it down? Because… Honestly, for someone so nervous before, that was incredible.”

“Well…” he explained, “I just took what you told me and read the room and the situation. With at least two of them being on their guard, Tenma being in distress, and of course them being yours… Empathy was the way to go. Well, that, and like your son said, playing to the audience, even though all my offers were genuine.”

She pulled him close. “You're really improving there… I’m proud of you. Oh… You look a little bit drained.”

His eyes were a little sunken and he looked a bit pale and tired.

“As nice as it was to meet them… I admit it took a lot out of me,” he said, “Why don't we put a movie on upstairs… You're always saying we need more slow days.”

What a wonderful day… Not only did he make a bit of headway with three of the most important people in her life, but he was taking some of her healthier suggestions to heart.

“Of course, darling… of course. As long as we snuggle up.”

#thg fanverse #oc: chiasa lapin #chitarch #plutarch heavensbee #oc x canon #plutarch x oc #hunger games fanfiction #chitarch fic #In which Plutarch works well under pressure #And had a bit of character development #Siblings being siblings #Chiasa's kids are their birth order to a tee #post mockingjay #hunger games oc

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